According to the message sent from the UK store it does happen. He even includes a link to parcel motel in his reply.

I haven't done it personally as i ordered direct from the US up until the GDPR issue which stopped me accessing the US site. I haven't ordered anything from the Irish site and the UK was actually more expensive, but not with a much larger selection. Its why i preferred the US site.

Quicker update, again with permission:

Dear Cass

Brownells Europe are in discussions with the manager of Brownells Ireland and we are not fully party to this.

To the best of my knowledge any orders that are being placed via Brownells Ireland will be cancelled and refunds given where applicable. We have some Irish Customers who have placed orders through us using the freight forwarder Parcel Motel. I appreciate that this is not ideal, but will work as a temporary solution as we do not currently have an export licence to ship outside the UK.

We are more than happy to keep you up to date.


Kind Regards
Victoria Mair
Brownells UK Ltd

Internet Sales: 01788 815115
Retail Shop: 01788 435072

Firearm parts, as in component parts, may be an issue. These require licenses by the end user, and so to declare its Eire may cause problems.

Accessories not so as they require no license to own so using parcel motel, address pal, etc. would not require any import license or other authorisations.

Brontosaurus wrote: »

That's a shame, so no firearm parts whatsoever, not even screws...

Let me be more specific.

I don't work for Brownells so i don't know. Its why i said above to ring them or contact them yourself about any current or future orders.

Component parts for me are actions, barrels, triggers, bolts, etc. IOW the things that make your boomstick go boom.

Screws, scopes, rails, rings, apparel, kit, cleaning stuff, etc. are not required to have a license either here or in the UK and as such no license is required when buying hene they can be shipped via AddressPal or Parcel Motel without any fear of them being stopped.

As the UK shop doesn't have an export license to Eire then it cannot send such component parts to Eire and with the production of an import license on your end and the production of your Irish license any "pretence" of shipping to Northern Ireland , and no further, would be gone. The issue wouldn't be shipping to NI, btw, the problems arise when its moved from there down South.

However accessories and non component parts that require no license can be shipped as no imports, authorisations or licenses are required.

I guess I'll have to wait till Brownells UK sorts something out.

Would have been simpler to have Brownells Ireland but alas we cannot always have what we want. At least the UK is giving out information, updates and trying to work with people from the South.

I cannot see another Brownells Ireland opening up and hope its a case of the UK getting the export authorisation, or any Brownells EU shop, so we can order direct and stop all this "subtle", yet legal, subterfuge.